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... Ceylon Opinions of Onesicritus , Eratos- thenes , Strabo , Pliny , Ptolemy , Agathemerus The Arabian geographers Sumatra supposed to be Ceylon True latitude and longitude General Fraser's map of Ceylon Geological formation . Adam's ...
... Ceylon Opinions of Onesicritus , Eratos- thenes , Strabo , Pliny , Ptolemy , Agathemerus The Arabian geographers Sumatra supposed to be Ceylon True latitude and longitude General Fraser's map of Ceylon Geological formation . Adam's ...
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... Ceylon Flowering Trees . - Coral tree 92 N.E. monsoon . 63 The Murutu - Imbul - Cotton tree 64 -Champac . 93 and Hindustan ( note ) 65 The Upas Tree - Poisons of Ceylon The Banyan 95 95 • Opposite climates of the same moun- The Sacred ...
... Ceylon Flowering Trees . - Coral tree 92 N.E. monsoon . 63 The Murutu - Imbul - Cotton tree 64 -Champac . 93 and Hindustan ( note ) 65 The Upas Tree - Poisons of Ceylon The Banyan 95 95 • Opposite climates of the same moun- The Sacred ...
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... Ceylon General view of the mammalia List of Ceylon mammalia of 159 159 Curious parasite of the bat ( note ) 161 FISHES . CHAP . II . BIRDS . Their numbers Songsters Kabragoya , barbarous custom in pre- paring the cobra - tel poison ...
... Ceylon General view of the mammalia List of Ceylon mammalia of 159 159 Curious parasite of the bat ( note ) 161 FISHES . CHAP . II . BIRDS . Their numbers Songsters Kabragoya , barbarous custom in pre- paring the cobra - tel poison ...
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... Ceylon List of Ceylon fishes . Instances of fishes falling from the clouds Overland migration of fishes known to the Greeks and Romans Note on Ceylon fishes by Professor Huxley . Comparative note by Dr. Gray , Brit . 224 224 Bees Ants ...
... Ceylon List of Ceylon fishes . Instances of fishes falling from the clouds Overland migration of fishes known to the Greeks and Romans Note on Ceylon fishes by Professor Huxley . Comparative note by Dr. Gray , Brit . 224 224 Bees Ants ...
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Ceylon: An Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical James Emerson Tennent No preview available - 2019 |
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